Playing cards



Feb. 4, 1930. LANDSBERGER 1,745,373

PLAYING CARDS Filed Jan. '7, 1928 Qvwawtoz Zamora Kro/l Lands g PatentedFeb. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE LENORE KROLL L ANDSBERGER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR F ONE-FOURTH TO WARD A. COHN, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.,

ONE-FOURTH TO ALFRED. M. JONAI AND PLAYING CARDS Application filedJanuary 7, 1928. Serial No. 245,239.

deal with the deck marked We and their This invention relates in generalto im-.

provements in laying cards. 1

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a novel form ofplaying card in which the cards themselves indicate what player, orplayers, is dealing them. One of the objects of this invention 18 theprovision of playing card decks provided withindicia to aid indetermining who the dealer was and who the next dealer-will be. Theseand other objects as will appear from the disclosure are secured bymeans of this invention.

This invention resides substantially in the combination,construction,arrangement and relative location of elements all as will more fullyappear below,

Referring to the drawings, the single figure is a front elevational viewof two decks "2 of cards employing the features of this invention, whichdecks taken together provide a set.

As is well known in playing the game of bridge it is usual to employ twodecks of cards. In this game four persons usually playand the arearranged in two sets of two partners eac The deal progresses around thetable from the left and the same partners always deal with the same deckof cards. Heretofore the pnly method of keeping the two decks of cardsseparate and to indicate which set of partners deals them was to providethem on the back with diiferent colored markin s, but ,those who arefamiliar with t e game are well aware of the fact that 'it is veryconfusing and diflicult to remember after a hand has been played whothedealer is. v In keeping the usual score in this game the scorerusually 40 marks the column in which his and his partners scorev is keptwith the word We, and the column in which his opponents score is kept ismarked They. It is the purpose of this invention to provide one of thedecks of the usual bridge set at thetop with the character We, and theother deck with the character They. To secure the best results it hasbeen found that it is better to mark each card of each deck with thesecharacters.

Thus the scorer and his partner will always opponents will deal with thedeck marked They. Referring to the drawingsfor a better understanding ofthe invention the figure shows a front elevational view of two decks ofcards comprising the individual cards 1 and 2. As is well known in thisgame two decks provide a bridge set. The cards have been shown in thesegure's with the back exposed and each card of one deck is provided atthe top with the character They and each card of the other deck isprovided with the character We. It is, of course, to be understood thatthe characters They and We could be placed on the front of the cards or,in fact, at any point on either face of the cards. Furthermore, anyother symbol for securing the same result could be used. v In using abridge set employing the features of this invention the scorer andhispartner would employ the deck marked We, and their opponents wouldemploy the deck marked They. Thus by means of these cards it is possiblefor bridge players to always know which deck they deal with and sincethe question of whose deal it is is most usually raised with respect tothe opposing partners it will be whose deal it is.

It will be apparent from the foregoing disclosure that I have devised anew and novel form of playing card decks and I do not wish to be limitedto the disclosure given for purposes of illustration but rather to theprinciples of my invention as I have defined them in the appendedclaims.

What I seek to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1 As a new article of manufacture a deck of playing cards the backs ofwhich bear a definite determinative indicia designating a definite pairof partners.

2. In combination a deck 'of cards the backs of which carry indiciadefinitely designating one pair of players and a second deck of cards,the backs of which bear indicia definitely designating the opponents.

3. In a set of bridge playing cards the combination of two separatedecks of cards,

possible to always know used by two sets of partners one deck beingmarked We and one deck being marked They, such markings alwaysindicating which set of partners will deal each deck. 4. As a newarticle of manufacture a pair of decks of playing cards, the backs ofthe cards of one deck bearing the word We for definitely indicating thescore keeper and his partner in a given game the remaining deck 10bearing the word The for definitely indicating the opponents o the scorekeeper and his partner in saidgame, the several decks neing adapted tobe assigned to the respective pairs of partners and serving thereafterin w ordinary progress of a game to indicate the next dealer. In'testimnoy whereof I have hereunto set myghand on this 4th day of January', A. 1)., 192

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